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Text: Cutting the book and describing the heart
Editor: Cutting the book and describing the heart
preface
"Gao Weidong, are you guilty?" The bailiff made a final decision and read out the verdict against the once powerful "new king of Moutai": life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property. In this way, a legendary life that counterattacked from the lowest small county town to become the chairman of Moutai Group had a bumpy fate and suffered a tragic end.
Looking back at Gao Weidong's life trajectory, we can't help but wonder: how did this poor, self-reliant child climb to the top of power step by step? How did he end up degenerating into a corrupt element?
A young man from a poor background
Gao Weidong was born in 1972 in a remote mountain village in Guizhou Province, and his family was very poor. His father was a simple farmer, and his mother was a textile worker. He was very studious since he was a child, and he once won the final exam of the village primary school. Gao Weidong said: "When I was a child, reading was my only pleasure, because learning allowed me to get out of the poor environment at home."
With his extraordinary perseverance and brilliant mind, he was finally admitted to Guizhou University and began his career as a civil servant. After graduating from university, Gao Weidong was assigned to work in a state-owned enterprise in charge of finance. Colleagues recalled that he was honest and diligent at that time, and was deeply appreciated by his leaders and colleagues. However, in just a few years, Gao Weidong entered the local agency and opened his life path of rapid promotion in the future.
In 2018, it only took Gao Weidong more than 20 years to rise all the way to the director and organization secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Department of Transportation, which can be described as a "quick success" in the civil service. It has been commented that power, like alcohol, is highly addictive to those who cannot resist temptation. Gao Weidong is such a person, he begins to have an endless desire for money and power.
People who have had several encounters with him say that Gao Weidong was reluctant to abide by the law at first, but gradually he began to enjoy the convenience and superiority of "privileges": he often played golf in violation of regulations, indulged in gambling, and lost his normal standard of judging wealth.
Once the prince fell into power, he quickly degenerated into a "corrupt prince"
In March 2020, Gao Weidong, then 48 years old, was appointed chairman and organization secretary of Kweichow Moutai Group, which was the peak of his career. Soon after taking office, he issued an "unpacking order", and the practice of focusing on the quality of liquor once caused Moutai's stock price to soar, making the company's market value exceed 3 trillion, and he was also called "the new king of Moutai" by the outside world.
Power is the fuse that corrupts people's hearts, and Gao Weidong is completely lost in Vanity Fair. He took bribes and abused his power, and countless luxury brand bags, luxury watches, and luxury villas sprung up in his private space. To make matters worse, he also had multiple mistresses and was extravagant.
In this way, Gao Weidong degenerated step by step from a low-level young man from a poor background and self-improvement to a corrupt element who collected money and sold it. And the glory and wealth at his peak was just a powerful drug for him, which made him sink deeper and deeper. In December 2021, Gao Weidong was investigated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission on suspicion of illegal trading of Moutai, which caused the stock price to rise sharply.
In May of the following year, he was placed in custody by the Guizhou Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision for taking advantage of his position to illegally accept money from others. In the face of such conclusive evidence, Gao Weidong still denied it cunningly at first, and secretly rejoiced that he had made sufficient preparations for the "mock trial" in advance. However, during the long-term punishment and trial, Gao Weidong finally reluctantly confessed some of the facts of the crime.
Gao Weidong's fall is a double-edged sword, which not only deeply hurts the interests of the country and the people, but also seriously damages the reputation of Moutai Group, a famous Chinese brand. In recent years, in addition to Gao Weidong, Moutai Group has also had a number of scandals of executive corruption, which has had a very bad impact on the people.
Only by being honest and self-cultivation can we be diligent and thrifty
"If you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world." Gao Weidong's life has been upside down, which has taught us a vivid and painful lesson. Why would a person who was born at the bottom and who was supposed to uphold the quality of humility and simplicity indulge his desires and fall into the abyss of corruption immediately after gaining a certain amount of power and wealth? We cannot fail to take this as a warning.
Looking at Gao Weidong's path of degeneration, the root cause of this lies in his serious defects in his personal ideological and moral qualities. As soon as the power in his hands grew, the seeds of greed and lust grew wildly in his heart, and finally grew a towering tree, obscuring all rational and moral consciousness.
Therefore, we must learn from this from top to bottom, always strengthen the ideological and moral cultivation of leading cadres, strictly observe discipline and rules, be cautious, start from little by little, uphold the traditional virtues of being diligent and thrifty, and conscientiously build a strong ideological and moral defense line against corruption and degeneration.
We must sincerely repay the trust of the masses with a fine work style, a clean conduct, and a solid performance, and never allow even a "bag of wine and rice" like Gao Weidong to harm the interests of the state and the vital interests of the masses.
Only in this way can the problem of corruption in our country be cured from the source, the traditional virtues of our ancient nation can be passed on forever, and our great cause can be bumpy, but it will never stop moving forward!
Warnings and admonitions
Gao Weidong's life trajectory is undoubtedly a warning, warning us not to lose our original intention because of power and wealth. He climbed step by step from a low-level youth in a poor village to the peak of power, but in the end he degenerated into a corrupt element and suffered severe punishment from the law. This lesson makes people think deeply: power is both a sword and a poison, and only by not forgetting what it is and maintaining integrity and self-discipline at all times can we avoid being corrupted by power and money.
We must learn a lesson from Gao Weidong's experience, and always remember the life philosophy of "if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world". Whether it is an ordinary civil servant or a high-ranking leading cadre, they should fulfill their duties, be honest and honest, and practice the core socialist values with practical actions. Only in this way can we truly build a strong ideological and moral line of defense against corruption and promote clean government, and ensure that the interests of the state and the people are always put in the highest position.
Only when we work together from top to bottom, set strict demands on ourselves, and lead the society with the value orientation of "emphasizing the way and ignoring the arts", can we finally eradicate the problem of corruption, make the style of honesty a noble spiritual pursuit, make excellent moral character the due responsibility of every citizen, and jointly write a new chapter in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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